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Essex New York Map

Explore Essex, New York, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Essex, New York

How to Use This Essex, New York Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Essex, New York. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of New York or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Essex.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Essex
State	New York (NY)
County	Essex County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	44.310051
Longitude	-73.352628
Population	680
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	12936
Area Code	845
County Seat	Elizabethtown

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About Essex, New York

Essex is a locality in Essex County, New York, United States. It is a small community with a population of 680. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Essex is located at 44.3101°N, 73.3526°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 12936.

Essex commands a singular presence along the western edge of Lake Champlain, where the water stretches toward the horizon in a vast, slate-colored expanse. It lies 27.4 miles south of Plattsburgh, NY (from Plattsburgh, NY: bearing 170°T), and is situated 7.9 miles southwest of Shelburne. The land rises from the water’s edge in a series of limestone terraces, punctuated by the quiet, orderly geometry of nineteenth-century architecture that defines the streetscape. A few miles inland, the terrain shifts into the fertile, rolling landscape that leads toward the Boquet River, while the distant, serrated silhouette of the Adirondack Mountains anchors the western sky. Within the local geography, Begg's Park offers a point of stillness where the earth meets the water, providing a vantage to watch the light change across the surface of the lake as the afternoon deepens into a bruised, metallic violet.

Essex maintains a character forged by a long history of maritime trade and industry, though its current identity is held in the preservation of its historic structures and a slow, intentional pace of life. Once a bustling node for commerce, the economy has transitioned into a quiet stewardship of the land, supported by regional agriculture and the seasonal rhythm of those who appreciate the isolation of the interior. Beyond the immediate settlement, the landscape opens toward The Plains, a reminder of the expansive, rural character that separates this locale from the more frantic density of the state’s southern reaches. Even the nearby Ferrisburg Municipal Forest reinforces the prevailing sense of solitude, as the quiet of the woods and the persistent, low-frequency hum of the wind over the lake remain the defining sounds of Essex.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Adirondack Art Association (Gallery) — 0.1 mi, 122° SE
Begg's Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 101° E
Town Of Willsboro Land (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 354° N
Eddy Foundation Land (Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 231° SW
Split Rock Wild Forest (State Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 183° S
Essex County Lands (Local Conservation Area) — 4.0 mi, 237° SW
New York State Lands (State Recreation Area) — 4.3 mi, 334° NW
State of New York Lands (State Recreation Area) — 4.9 mi, 212° SW
Taylor Pond Wild Forest (State Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 328° NW
Kingsland Bay State Park (State Park) — 5.2 mi, 149° SE
MacDonough Point (Viewpoint) — 5.2 mi, 149° SE
Mt. Philo State Park (State Park) — 6.6 mi, 107° E
Children’s Farmyard (Attraction) — 7.4 mi, 040° NE
Shelburne Farms Cheesemaking (Attraction) — 7.4 mi, 040° NE
Jaime Two Coats (Monument) — 7.8 mi, 052° NE
Shelburne Mill at the Falls (Historic Ruins) — 8.0 mi, 058° NE
Strömkarlen (River Troll) (Public Artwork) — 8.0 mi, 054° NE
Rokeby Museum Special Collections Library (Museum) — 8.3 mi, 137° SE
Robeby Museum (Museum) — 8.3 mi, 137° SE
Northwest Bay Road (Monument) — 9.7 mi, 213° SW
The Vergennes Opera House (Theatre) — 11.0 mi, 153° SE
Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 11.4 mi, 151° SE
Craig's (Museum) — 11.5 mi, 035° NE
Jay Mountain Wilderness (State Wilderness) — 12.9 mi, 270° W
Showbox Theater (Cinema) — 13.3 mi, 030° NE
Flynn Theatre (Theatre) — 13.4 mi, 031° NE
Abstractions Art Gallery (Gallery) — 13.4 mi, 030° NE
BCA Center (Gallery) — 13.4 mi, 031° NE
Adirondack history center museum (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 241° SW
Green Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 18.8 mi, 133° SE · 412k acres

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